2022 NAR Grand Prix

The National Association of Racing (NAR), the national level regulatory body for the Racing by Local Governments in Japan, announced the 2022 NAR Grand Prix Awards for the year’s outstanding horses, trainers, jockeys, and others within the industry.

Following are the recipients of the 2022 awards:

Winning Horses

Award Horse Owner Trainer Breeder Sire
Dam (Dam sire)
Horse of the Year Igniter  Yoshiki Noda Manabu Tanaka Haruki Farm Espoir City
Best Older Colt or Horse Bianco (Warning)
Best 2-Year-Old Colt Hero Call Yusuke Yamaguchi Satoshi Kokubo Haruo Sakamoto Hokko Tarumae
Ein Reiz (Timber Country)
Best 2-Year-Old Filly Made It Mum U.Kimura B. Katsuo Ishii Yoshinobu Hasegawa Novellist
Komano Squalo (Zenno Rob Roy)
Best 3-Year-Old Colt S'il Te Plait Kumiko Hara Noboru Yonekawa Fujiwara Breeding Stud World Ace
Air D'Yquem (French Deputy)
Best 3-Year-Old Filly Speedy Kick Suzuyuki Kato Tomoyuki Fujiwara Takeshi Kumagai Taisei Legend
Desert Flower (Silent Deal)
Best Older Filly or Mare Salsa Dione Hirotaka Sugawara Chiaki Hori Araya Bokujo Gold Allure
Salsa Queen (Lindo Shaver)
Best Ban-ei (Draft) Horse Mejiro Goriki Takeshi Hirose Hirofumi Matsui Takanori Sado Nishiki Daijin
Mejiro Ruby (Mejiro Shori)
Best Sprinter or Miler Igniter  Yoshiki Noda Manabu Tanaka Haruki Farm Espoir City
Bianco (Warning)
Best Turf Horse N/A
Dirt Grade (Principal Dirt) Race Special Prize Shonan Nadeshiko Tetsuhide Kunimoto Naosuke Sugai Tetsuhide Kunimoto Orfevre
Shonan Mao (Daiwa Major)
Special Award Omega Perfume

 

Winning Trainers and Jockeys

Award Name Affiliation
Best Trainer (Races Won)  Yuji Uchikoshi Kochi
Best Trainer (Money Earned)  Satoshi Kokubo Urawa
Best Trainer (Winning Average) Ryohei Hori Hyogo
Grand Prize Trainer N/A
Best Jockey (Races Won) Tomohiro Yoshimura Hyogo
Best Jockey (Money Earned)  Takayuki Yano Oi
Best Jockey (Winning Average) Minoru Miyagawa Kochi
Grand Prize Jockey N/A
Best Apprentice Jockey Seigo Tsukamoto Aichi
Best Female Jockey Hitomi Miyashita Aichi
Best Fair Play Jockey Makoto Okabe Aichi
Special Award Naomi Tobe Aichi
Takemi Sasaki Kawasaki (retired)